Review: The Shadow Seer by Fran Jacobs

Format Read: E-Book

Number of Pages: 337
Release Date: 2 April 2009
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Formats Available: E-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

For generations prophets have foreseen the birth of the Shadow Seer, the oracle of dark visions and fallen kingdoms. But by the time of Sorron, King of Carnia, their warnings have mostly been forgotten and his name is known only to a handful of scholars. When Sorron’s grandson, Prince Candale, falls deathly ill, the Seer’s legends are brought to light once again by his saviour, a witch named Mayrila. She believes that Candale is the fulfilment of those long forgotten prophecies. She believes that he is the Shadow Seer…

My Thoughts:

The Shadow Seer was an extremely interesting read, but it was a little slow in its movement.

Candale is a prince with a secret; he is having prophecies, …

My Wishlist: The Older YA Edition

So recently I have had a thing with Older YA books, you know, the ones that really aren’t suitable for younger teens because of their drug addictions, suicide missions and pregnancies…

So today I am going to share with you my top 3 Older YA wishlisht books…

Stay by Deb Caletti

Clara’s relationship with Christian is intense from the start, and like nothing she’s ever experienced before. But what starts as devotion quickly becomes obsession, and it’s almost too late before Clara realizes how far gone Christian is—and what he’s willing to do to make her stay. 
Now Clara has left the city—and Christian—behind. No one back home has any idea where she is, but she still struggles to shake off her fear. She knows Christian won’t let her go …

My Wishlist: The Winged Edition

Hello out there! For this wishlist post, I will be taking the reigns and letting you in on what I can’t wait to get my hands on in the coming weeks.

Now I haven’t bought any books in nearly three months so my wishlist is getting quite large, but for this post, I have chosen a select few…

SEQUELS

I am constantly reading the first in a series and loving it! But I rarely seem to get around to the sequel, so here are my current top three sequels to get my hands on ASAP!

Accidentally Dead by Dakota Cassidy

A vampire puts the bite on a dental assistant. It’s a lousy first day on the job for Nina Blackman when a patient, loopy from the anesthesia, bites her. At least he was cute. …

Review: Cleopatra’s Men by Eve Langlais

Format Read: E-Book

Number of Pages: 97
Release Date: 14 January 2011
Publisher: Cobblestone Press
Formats Available: E-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads

Blurb:

One former Egyptian queen plus two vampires equals a threesome with lots of bite.

I’ve paid my dues in Hell for my mistakes, but Satan thinks I’m too dangerous to keep around so he’s kicked me out into the modern world for a second chance.

Ambushed by a pest from my past, I’m rescued by a seriously hot vamp. I vowed to not allow men to use me anymore, a pledge forgotten with Michael’s first kiss. And when Julius, my first love, shows up bitter …

Review: This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

Format Read: Paperback

Number of Pages: 357
Release Date: 22 February 2011
Publisher: Avon
Formats Available: Paperback, E-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Blurb:

DANGER WAITS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GRAVE.

Half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her vampire husband Bones have fought for their lives, as well as for their relationship. But just when they’ve triumphed over the latest battle, Cat’s new and unexpected abilities threaten to upset a long-standing balance…

With the mysterious disappearance of vampires, rumours abound that a species war is brewing. A zealot is inciting tensions between the vampires and ghouls, and …

Review: Running Blind by Nicki J. Markus

Format Read: E-Book

Number of Pages: 10
Release Date: 4 March 2011
Publisher: Wicked Nights
Formats Available: E-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Blurb:

It seems like any ordinary day as Nick waits for the train, but then a chance encounter with a young woman turns his world upside down. What is it that she is running from and will helping her jeopardise his own secret, making him a target too?

My Thoughts:

Running Blind is one of the best short stories I have read in a long time.

Nick is minding his business on the train when he sees a …

Review: Strange Familiar by Cassidy Hunter

Format Read: E-Book

Number of Pages: 146
Release Date: 14 December 2010
Publisher: Etopia Press
Formats Available: E-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Blurb:

Fate finally brings Olivia her Familiar… too bad fate is a bored bitch with a dark sense of humor.

At last, Olivia Brew’s Familiar has found her. Now that the search is over, her weakened powers and strength will be restored, and she can get on with her witchy life. But there’s a problem. Her familiar’s not exactly what she expected. And she just might be falling in love with him.

Kane Oliver’s got problems of his …

Review: Demonic Persuasion by Mahalia Levey

Format Read: E-Book
Number of Pages: 75
Release Date: 15 November 2010
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Formats Available: E-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Blurb:

Born of a Navajo healer and a high-level prince of Hell, The Dine Gods demanded Fatal be turned over to her mother’s tribe to learn their healing arts and kept away from demon hands. But with her tutelage came cruel segregation and disrespect because of her father’s heritage. Not knowing why her life has suddenly come under demon attack, Fatal sets out, armed with her knowledge and her fighting skills, to take out any evil that getsin her way.As prince of a lower level of …

Review: Tempest’s Legacy by Nicole Peeler

Format Read: Paperback
Number of Pages: 341
Release Date: 1 January 2011
Publisher: Orbit
Formats Available: Paperback
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Blurb:

After a peaceful hiatus at home in Rockabill, Jane True thinks that her worst problem is that she still throws like a girl – at least while throwing fire-balls. Her peace of mind ends, however, when Anyan arrives one night with terrible news…news that will rock Jane’s world to its very core.

After demanding to help investigate a series of gruesome attacks on females – supernatural, Halfling, and human – Jane quickly finds herself forced to confront her darkest nightmares as well as her deepest …

Review: Crazy by Eve Langlais

Format Read: Ebook
Number of Pages: 52
Release Date: 22 November 2010
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Formats Available: EBook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Blurb:

Institutionalized at a young age after the breakup of her parents, Ella’s always heard voices. Even worse, the voices in her head like to act. She thinks she’s crazy and destined to be a patient for life until the night she meets a vampire and for the first time in her life, the voices shut up.

Zane just wants to enjoy his usual blood buffet, instead he runs into a wisp of a woman who makes him feel emotions he thought long dead. Rescuing her from the insane …